In this lesson AndersonMoore teaches 3 basic elements that will have you ballroom dancing in no time. These 3 elements will teach you the waltz, rumba, cha cha and swing. Ballroom dancing has never been easier.

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Aaron: Hey guys, it's Aaron.
Kristina: And I'm Kristina.
Aaron: And we are professional dance instructors here in New York City. Now today we're going to be talking about a little dance we like to call the foxtrot, and we're going to be starting here with the basic step. So what we're going to do is break it apart, and I'm going to show you the gentlemen's part and then Kristina is going to demonstrate for us the ladies'. So, in its most basic form, what we're looking at here gentlemen, we're starting again with our left leg just as we have in all the dances previous.
So what we're going to be starting with is two walking steps forward. Walk, walk. And then we're going to step to our left. Side, together. And then we would just repeat that from there. Walk, walk, and side, together. So taking a look at that one more time, now we're going to add the actual counts to this step, which is going to be slow, slow, quick quick. And slow, slow, quick quick. Now I'm going to let Kristina demonstrate the ladies'.
Kristina: Okay, so for the ladies we are generally in the smooth dances moving backwards, so we're going to start on our right foot. We're going to take two backwards steps, so we have back, back, and then side right, close left foot to right foot. Again, back, back, side, close. And the counts for that, as Aaron had said, are slow, slow, quick quick. So we're going to go on the right foot heading back slow, slow, quick quick. Slow, slow, quick quick. So let's try this together with a partner. And slow, slow, quick quick. Slow, slow, quick quick.
Aaron: Now, let's try that to music.

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The pumpkin just turned into a carriage, your glass slippers look fantastic, and the Prince is on his way, but — dammit — you still need to learn how to ballroom dance.
Step 1: Get a partner
While belly dancing and ballet can be done solo, ballroom dancing is always done in pairs. Ask a friend to help you out.
Step 2: Perfect your posture
Perfect your posture. Unlike casual dancing, a ballroom dancer doesn’t slouch or lean on their partner. Both the man and the woman must elongate their neck and body. Practice correct posture by standing straight against a wall.
Step 3: Position the head
Look over each other’s right shoulder. Now imagine you’re the most beautiful person on earth who has just met the other most beautiful person on earth. What’s that feel like? Exactly. Keep that expression throughout the dance.
Step 4: Adjust your hand position
Hold hands correctly. This means the man’s raised left hand holds the woman’s right hand, palms facing each other. The man’s right hand connects with the woman’s shoulder blade. His hand should be cupped, fingers together. The woman’s left hand should be on the man’s right shoulder, her fingers at the seam of his sleeve.
Step 5: Position your body
Having the perfect 'closed dance hold' means the woman is just slightly to the right of the man. This way the legs move between each other and the knees don’t hit.
Tip
When the couple is a man and a woman, the man generally takes the lead. In couples with just one sex, a decision will have to be made.
Step 6: Draw a square on the floor
Now that you have the basic positioning, learn the basic waltz box step, the most common step in ballroom dances like the rumba, waltz, or foxtrot. Start by taping out a small box on the floor.
Step 7: Practice counting
Practice counting one, two, three, one, two, three, one, two, three. This will be the essential timing, and the sooner it feels natural, the better.
Step 8: Make a box with your feet
Practice alone making a box with your feet. To make the first half of the box, step forward with your left foot — which is 'one' — and slide your right foot to meet it and then step to the right (two). Your weight now shifts to the right foot so your left slides to meet it (three).
Step 9: Finish the box
Now finish the box. Step back with your right foot (one) and slide your left to meet it and then to the left (two). Your weight now shifts to the left foot so your right slides to meet it (three).
Tip
If you’re in the women’s role, you will step backward to start.
Step 10: Practice counting to music
Now put it together, doing the box step by yourself in time to your one-two-three counting.
Step 11: Practice with a partner
Now practice with a partner. Count off five, six, seven, eight before you begin so you’ll both be prepared to start together on one.
Tip
Dancing is a close contact sport. Make sure your breath is okay before you start. Use a breath freshener.
Step 12: Move around the floor
After you feel comfortable with the box step, forget confining yourself strictly to the box, and let yourself move more naturally around the floor.
Step 13: Start to turn
Once you’re able to loosen up while keeping time with the beat, try turning. Turn slightly to the right as you step on one and two; you’ll begin traveling in a circle as you keep your basic box pattern.
Step 14: Remember to maintain posture
Remember to maintain your posture at all times, keeping your connection points. Stand up straight, Quasimodo! Good ballroom dancers never slouch or disconnect.
Step 15: Practice every chance you get
Now that you know how to do a basic waltz box step, practice every chance you get. This is just the beginning. Get out there and dance, dance, dance!
Did You Know?
'Waltz' comes from the German word 'walzen,' which means to turn or roll.

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Aaron: Hi guys, I'm Aaron.
Christina: And I'm Christina.
Aaron: Coming at you today from DanceTimes Square here in New York City. Today, we're talking about the four elements of the cha-cha basic. Our first element is what we call walking steps. Forward and backward. Forward, forward, forward, just as simple as that, and replacing back where we came from. And walk, walk, walk and back, back, back. Just as easy as walking down the street.
Now with our cha-cha we're going to be talking about a little bit of a different kind of quality of action, this being a dance that's come over from Cuba in the late 1940's. We're going to add a little bit of a Cuban action to this and place more emphasis, on putting our weight on the balls of our feet. So we're going to dance this forward a little bit more. One, two, three and back again, one, two, three.
Now our second element of the cha-cha basic is going to be a side step. We're going to start in this dance with our left foot and we're going to start side, together, side, together, side. And just the same back in the direction we were coming from, to our right. Side, together, side, together, side. Again, with a little bit of that Cuban action, as well. Side, together, side, together. Really digging down and back where we came from, to our right. Again, side, together, side, together, side.
Christina: And the last element we're going to talk about is the rock step. You take your left foot and you're just going to place it behind you. You're going to step back and put your weight back on your right foot. So weight on the left foot, weight on the right foot, and again, we're going to add that Cuban hip motion in. You're going to step back and replace forward, back, replace, back, replace.
The trick to this move is, I'll show you from the side. You want to keep the movement underneath your body, so you don't want to think of stepping back and forward. You want to keep it very small. It's just going to be right underneath your body, back and forward, back and forward. Great.
Aaron: Okay, guys. So just to recap, the four elements of the cha-cha basic were; walking steps, forward, backward, sidesteps and the fourth element, the rock step. Now we're going to take those, and put those together, and make up our cha-cha basic. Just like so, side, rock, step, side, together, side, rock, step, side together side, rock, step. Now forward and backward with the walking steps,cha-cha-cha, rock, step, cha-cha-cha, rock, step and side, together, side.
Five, six, seven, eight, one, two, three, cha-cha, one, two, three, cha-cha, one, two. Cha-cha, one, two, three, forward, two, three, cha-cha, one, two, three, cha-cha, one, two, three, cha-cha, one, two, three, side together, side.

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Aaron: Hey guys, it's Aaron.
Kristina: And I'm Kristina.
Aaron: And we're professional dance instructors here in New York City, and today we're coming at you with a little dance we like to call the jive. So for starters let's take a look at the basic footwork. So gentlemen, why don't we take a look at our footwork first. We're going to be starting again with our left leg and we're going to start with that link step, or rock step, behind us. Starting with one, two, three and four, five and six. One, two, triple step, triple step, rock step.
Now one thing you'll notice here with the jive, a key characteristic of this and in the music is this percussive accent that we tend to highlight in our foot and leg action where we accent with the knee one, two, and three and four, and five and six, seven, eight, so as to differentiate between the swing and the jive itself, which are both members of the same family and come from that basic swing dance action. But again, as this music is a little bit faster and tends to have more of a percussive accent and rhythm, a-one, two, a-three and four, a-five and six, seven, eight. A-one, and two, three and four, five six. So now let's take a look at the ladies' footwork as well.
Kristina: Okay. So ladies, again, everything that Aaron said, it's related to the swing. There's a little bit more knee action but it starts the same way. So ladies, we're on our right foot. We're going to take a rock step. Rock step. And then side triple. Triple step and triple step. One, two, and three and four, and five and six, seven, eight.
Aaron: Now let's take a look at this action together. So, we have our closed position here that we're starting from, and so as we don't bump knees together, we're actually going to rotate slightly outward on a little bit of an angle here. And one, two, and three and four, and five and six. One, two, and three and four, and five and six. A-one, two, three and four, and five and six, and one, two. Now we're also going to talk a little bit about the different hand holds that we're going to have within this dance.
Kristina: So we have the traditional kind of swing/jive dance frame with the lower hand hold connection.
Aaron: Every now and then we're going to take this hand hold that we have here and change to a little bit of a palm-to-palm action which is going to help us gain a little bit more leverage in some of our advanced techniques.
Kristina: And then we also have a double hand hold, and then we can have a single hand hold, right to left. Or the handshake hold, which is just what it says. You're shaking hands. So those are some of the different hand holds that we have in the jive. Now let's try that to some music.

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Aaron: Hey guys, I'm Aaron.
Kristina: And I'm Kristina.
Aaron: We're professional ballroom dance instructors coming at you today from New York City, and today we're going to be talking to you about a little dance we call the swing, also what we refer to in the ballroom world as East Coast Swing. So what we're going to be doing is starting taking a look at the basic action. So gentlemen, let's take apart our footwork.
What we're doing, guys, is we're always starting with our left leg, and what we're going to be starting this dance with is what we call a link step or a rock step. Taking our left leg and rocking it behind, one, two. And then following this up with a triple step action going side, together, side, and then repeating that with our right leg to our right, side, together side. And then following that up again, rock step, one two three, one two three, rock step. Now Kristina is going to demonstrate the ladies' part.
Kristina: Alright. So, ladies, we are going to start with our right foot in the rock step. So we're going to take our right foot and step behind, replace, that's our one, two. And then slide to the right, three and four, five and six. Again, one, two, three and four, five and six.
Aaron: Now we're going to talk a little bit about the different hand holds we're going to be using in the swing. For starters we're going to be using a bit of a modified hold here from what we're used to in most of our ballroom dances where gentlemen we're actually going to place our thumb on top of the lady's hand and bring it down to about waist level. Here we're also going to be slightly turned out as this dance has a lot of rotational action that we're going to see right away as we rock step.
Now there are several other types of holds as well. We're also going to be using a double hand hold, a single hand hold, and an open position, as well as a handshake hold that you'll see will get us into several more of our advanced patterns. Now let's take a look at that basic action again together, one more time. And, one, two, three and four, five and six. One, two, three and four, five and six. One, two. And now let's try that with music.

Ballroom dance may refer, at its widest definition, to almost any type of partner dancing as recreation. However, with the emergence of dancesport in modern times, the term has become narrower in scope, and traditionally refers to the five International Standard and five International Latin style dances (see dance categories below). The two styles, while differing in technique, rhythm and costumes, exemplify core elements of ballroom dancing such as control and cohesiveness. Developed in England, the two styles are now regulated by the World Dance Council (WDC) and the world dancesport federation. (Wdsf). In the United States, two additional variations are popular: American Smooth and American Rhythm, which combine elements of both traditional Latin and Ballroom dances.

Tug of War (Paul McCartney album)

Tug of War is the third solo studio album by Paul McCartney, released in April 1982. It was McCartney's first album released after the dissolution of Wings in April 1981. The album was produced by former Beatles producer George Martin and was a number #1 in numerous countries.

Recording

Following the release of the solo album McCartney II, Wings regrouped in July and October 1980 to rehearse several songs which later appeared on Tug of War and Pipes of Peace. Feeling the need for direction, McCartney called upon his old producer, George Martin, to begin recording a song written for the animated Rupert Bear character (to which McCartney owned the rights), entitled "We All Stand Together", among others. The productive sessions continued until 9 December, the morning McCartney woke up to discover his old songwriting partner and fellow ex-Beatle, John Lennon, had been shot and killed the night before in New York City. Abandoning that day's session part-way through (where he and Denny Laine were recording future B-Side "Rainclouds"), both Martin and McCartney felt it was best to leave the project for the time being and start anew once they were ready.

Technology

Cha Cha (album)

Cha Cha is the first live album by Dutchrock and roll and blues group Herman Brood & His Wild Romance. The album produced one single, "Still Believe." On the Dutch album chart, the album reached #2 on 13 January 1979, and stayed on the chart for 18 weeks. The album was certified gold in 1979.

Cha Cha is also the name of a movie filmed in 1979 with Herman Brood, Nina Hagen, and Lene Lovich, whose soundtrack was released separately on LP, also called Cha Cha. In the movie, he marries Nina Hagen; in reality they had a brief affair.

Track listing

Singles

The single "Still Believe" (with "Jilted" on the B-side) reached #15 in the Dutch Top 50 on 30 December 1978, and stayed on the chart for ten weeks. The single draws interest in Germany and France also.

Situated on one of the world's largest natural harbors, New York City consists of five boroughs, each of which is a separate county of New York State. The five boroughs – Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island – were consolidated into a single city in 1898. With a census-estimated 2014 population of 8,491,079 distributed over a land area of just 305 square miles (790km2), New York is the most densely populated major city in the United States. As many as 800 languages are spoken in New York, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world. By 2014 census estimates, the New York City metropolitan region remains by a significant margin the most populous in the United States, as defined by both the Metropolitan Statistical Area (20.1million residents) and the Combined Statistical Area (23.6million residents). In 2013, the MSA produced a gross metropolitan product (GMP) of nearly US$1.39trillion, while in 2012, the CSA generated a GMP of over US$1.55trillion, both ranking first nationally by a wide margin and behind the GDP of only twelve and eleven countries, respectively.

Critical reception

BBC chart blog gave the song a more positive review than her previous single and rewarded it with 4 stars.

Digital Spy gave the song 3/5 stars and a less positive rating than Stone Cold Sober: 'New York', Faith's follow-up, is a rather more straightforward offering than its predecessor. The lyrics tell the tale of a girl who loses a guy to "another lady", but sadly for Paloma the lass in question isn't a flesh-and-blood adversary, but actually the Big Apple. It's a much bigger target of course, but one that's harder to hit with a swinging vintage handbag. Despite its sweeping strings and soaring vocals, 'New York' is a shade unremarkable compared to her debut, but it still manages to whet the appetite for Faith's upcoming album.

Basic Elements For Ballroom Dancing

In this lesson AndersonMoore teaches 3 basic elements that will have you ballroom dancing in no time. These 3 elements will teach you the waltz, rumba, cha cha and swing. Ballroom dancing has never been easier.

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How to Do Basic Foxtrot Steps | Ballroom Dance

How to Do Basic Foxtrot Steps | Ballroom Dance

How to Do Basic Foxtrot Steps | Ballroom Dance

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Aaron: Hey guys, it's Aaron.
Kristina: And I'm Kristina.
Aaron: And we are professional dance instructors here in New York City. Now today we're going to be talking about a little dance we like to call the foxtrot, and we're going to be starting here with the basic step. So what we're going to do is break it apart, and I'm going to show you the gentlemen's part and then Kristina is going to demonstrate for us the ladies'. So, in its most basic form, what we're looking at here gentlemen, we're starting again with our left leg just as we have in all the dances previous.
So what we're going to be starting with is two walking steps forward. Walk, walk. And then we're going to step to our left. Side, together. And then we would just repeat that from there. Walk, walk, and side, together. So taking a look at that one more time, now we're going to add the actual counts to this step, which is going to be slow, slow, quick quick. And slow, slow, quick quick. Now I'm going to let Kristina demonstrate the ladies'.
Kristina: Okay, so for the ladies we are generally in the smooth dances moving backwards, so we're going to start on our right foot. We're going to take two backwards steps, so we have back, back, and then side right, close left foot to right foot. Again, back, back, side, close. And the counts for that, as Aaron had said, are slow, slow, quick quick. So we're going to go on the right foot heading back slow, slow, quick quick. Slow, slow, quick quick. So let's try this together with a partner. And slow, slow, quick quick. Slow, slow, quick quick.
Aaron: Now, let's try that to music.

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How to Master Simple Ballroom Dancing

How to Master Simple Ballroom Dancing

How to Master Simple Ballroom Dancing

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The pumpkin just turned into a carriage, your glass slippers look fantastic, and the Prince is on his way, but — dammit — you still need to learn how to ballroom dance.
Step 1: Get a partner
While belly dancing and ballet can be done solo, ballroom dancing is always done in pairs. Ask a friend to help you out.
Step 2: Perfect your posture
Perfect your posture. Unlike casual dancing, a ballroom dancer doesn’t slouch or lean on their partner. Both the man and the woman must elongate their neck and body. Practice correct posture by standing straight against a wall.
Step 3: Position the head
Look over each other’s right shoulder. Now imagine you’re the most beautiful person on earth who has just met the other most beautiful person on earth. What’s that feel like? Exactly. Keep that expression throughout the dance.
Step 4: Adjust your hand position
Hold hands correctly. This means the man’s raised left hand holds the woman’s right hand, palms facing each other. The man’s right hand connects with the woman’s shoulder blade. His hand should be cupped, fingers together. The woman’s left hand should be on the man’s right shoulder, her fingers at the seam of his sleeve.
Step 5: Position your body
Having the perfect 'closed dance hold' means the woman is just slightly to the right of the man. This way the legs move between each other and the knees don’t hit.
Tip
When the couple is a man and a woman, the man generally takes the lead. In couples with just one sex, a decision will have to be made.
Step 6: Draw a square on the floor
Now that you have the basic positioning, learn the basic waltz box step, the most common step in ballroom dances like the rumba, waltz, or foxtrot. Start by taping out a small box on the floor.
Step 7: Practice counting
Practice counting one, two, three, one, two, three, one, two, three. This will be the essential timing, and the sooner it feels natural, the better.
Step 8: Make a box with your feet
Practice alone making a box with your feet. To make the first half of the box, step forward with your left foot — which is 'one' — and slide your right foot to meet it and then step to the right (two). Your weight now shifts to the right foot so your left slides to meet it (three).
Step 9: Finish the box
Now finish the box. Step back with your right foot (one) and slide your left to meet it and then to the left (two). Your weight now shifts to the left foot so your right slides to meet it (three).
Tip
If you’re in the women’s role, you will step backward to start.
Step 10: Practice counting to music
Now put it together, doing the box step by yourself in time to your one-two-three counting.
Step 11: Practice with a partner
Now practice with a partner. Count off five, six, seven, eight before you begin so you’ll both be prepared to start together on one.
Tip
Dancing is a close contact sport. Make sure your breath is okay before you start. Use a breath freshener.
Step 12: Move around the floor
After you feel comfortable with the box step, forget confining yourself strictly to the box, and let yourself move more naturally around the floor.
Step 13: Start to turn
Once you’re able to loosen up while keeping time with the beat, try turning. Turn slightly to the right as you step on one and two; you’ll begin traveling in a circle as you keep your basic box pattern.
Step 14: Remember to maintain posture
Remember to maintain your posture at all times, keeping your connection points. Stand up straight, Quasimodo! Good ballroom dancers never slouch or disconnect.
Step 15: Practice every chance you get
Now that you know how to do a basic waltz box step, practice every chance you get. This is just the beginning. Get out there and dance, dance, dance!
Did You Know?
'Waltz' comes from the German word 'walzen,' which means to turn or roll.

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How to dance at a wedding for couples with Ballroom dance basics

How to dance at a wedding for couples with Ballroom dance basics

How to dance at a wedding for couples with Ballroom dance basics

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4 Basic Elements of Cha-Cha | Cha-Cha Dance

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Aaron: Hi guys, I'm Aaron.
Christina: And I'm Christina.
Aaron: Coming at you today from DanceTimes Square here in New York City. Today, we're talking about the four elements of the cha-cha basic. Our first element is what we call walking steps. Forward and backward. Forward, forward, forward, just as simple as that, and replacing back where we came from. And walk, walk, walk and back, back, back. Just as easy as walking down the street.
Now with our cha-cha we're going to be talking about a little bit of a different kind of quality of action, this being a dance that's come over from Cuba in the late 1940's. We're going to add a little bit of a Cuban action to this and place more emphasis, on putting our weight on the balls of our feet. So we're going to dance this forward a little bit more. One, two, three and back again, one, two, three.
Now our second element of the cha-cha basic is going to be a side step. We're going to start in this dance with our left foot and we're going to start side, together, side, together, side. And just the same back in the direction we were coming from, to our right. Side, together, side, together, side. Again, with a little bit of that Cuban action, as well. Side, together, side, together. Really digging down and back where we came from, to our right. Again, side, together, side, together, side.
Christina: And the last element we're going to talk about is the rock step. You take your left foot and you're just going to place it behind you. You're going to step back and put your weight back on your right foot. So weight on the left foot, weight on the right foot, and again, we're going to add that Cuban hip motion in. You're going to step back and replace forward, back, replace, back, replace.
The trick to this move is, I'll show you from the side. You want to keep the movement underneath your body, so you don't want to think of stepping back and forward. You want to keep it very small. It's just going to be right underneath your body, back and forward, back and forward. Great.
Aaron: Okay, guys. So just to recap, the four elements of the cha-cha basic were; walking steps, forward, backward, sidesteps and the fourth element, the rock step. Now we're going to take those, and put those together, and make up our cha-cha basic. Just like so, side, rock, step, side, together, side, rock, step, side together side, rock, step. Now forward and backward with the walking steps,cha-cha-cha, rock, step, cha-cha-cha, rock, step and side, together, side.
Five, six, seven, eight, one, two, three, cha-cha, one, two, three, cha-cha, one, two. Cha-cha, one, two, three, forward, two, three, cha-cha, one, two, three, cha-cha, one, two, three, cha-cha, one, two, three, side together, side.

How to Do Basic Jive Steps | Ballroom Dance

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Aaron: Hey guys, it's Aaron.
Kristina: And I'm Kristina.
Aaron: And we're professional dance instructors here in New York City, and today we're coming at you with a little dance we like to call the jive. So for starters let's take a look at the basic footwork. So gentlemen, why don't we take a look at our footwork first. We're going to be starting again with our left leg and we're going to start with that link step, or rock step, behind us. Starting with one, two, three and four, five and six. One, two, triple step, triple step, rock step.
Now one thing you'll notice here with the jive, a key characteristic of this and in the music is this percussive accent that we tend to highlight in our foot and leg action where we accent with the knee one, two, and three and four, and five and six, seven, eight, so as to differentiate between the swing and the jive itself, which are both members of the same family and come from that basic swing dance action. But again, as this music is a little bit faster and tends to have more of a percussive accent and rhythm, a-one, two, a-three and four, a-five and six, seven, eight. A-one, and two, three and four, five six. So now let's take a look at the ladies' footwork as well.
Kristina: Okay. So ladies, again, everything that Aaron said, it's related to the swing. There's a little bit more knee action but it starts the same way. So ladies, we're on our right foot. We're going to take a rock step. Rock step. And then side triple. Triple step and triple step. One, two, and three and four, and five and six, seven, eight.
Aaron: Now let's take a look at this action together. So, we have our closed position here that we're starting from, and so as we don't bump knees together, we're actually going to rotate slightly outward on a little bit of an angle here. And one, two, and three and four, and five and six. One, two, and three and four, and five and six. A-one, two, three and four, and five and six, and one, two. Now we're also going to talk a little bit about the different hand holds that we're going to have within this dance.
Kristina: So we have the traditional kind of swing/jive dance frame with the lower hand hold connection.
Aaron: Every now and then we're going to take this hand hold that we have here and change to a little bit of a palm-to-palm action which is going to help us gain a little bit more leverage in some of our advanced techniques.
Kristina: And then we also have a double hand hold, and then we can have a single hand hold, right to left. Or the handshake hold, which is just what it says. You're shaking hands. So those are some of the different hand holds that we have in the jive. Now let's try that to some music.

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How to Do Basic Swing Dance Steps | Ballroom Dance

How to Do Basic Swing Dance Steps | Ballroom Dance

How to Do Basic Swing Dance Steps | Ballroom Dance

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Aaron: Hey guys, I'm Aaron.
Kristina: And I'm Kristina.
Aaron: We're professional ballroom dance instructors coming at you today from New York City, and today we're going to be talking to you about a little dance we call the swing, also what we refer to in the ballroom world as East Coast Swing. So what we're going to be doing is starting taking a look at the basic action. So gentlemen, let's take apart our footwork.
What we're doing, guys, is we're always starting with our left leg, and what we're going to be starting this dance with is what we call a link step or a rock step. Taking our left leg and rocking it behind, one, two. And then following this up with a triple step action going side, together, side, and then repeating that with our right leg to our right, side, together side. And then following that up again, rock step, one two three, one two three, rock step. Now Kristina is going to demonstrate the ladies' part.
Kristina: Alright. So, ladies, we are going to start with our right foot in the rock step. So we're going to take our right foot and step behind, replace, that's our one, two. And then slide to the right, three and four, five and six. Again, one, two, three and four, five and six.
Aaron: Now we're going to talk a little bit about the different hand holds we're going to be using in the swing. For starters we're going to be using a bit of a modified hold here from what we're used to in most of our ballroom dances where gentlemen we're actually going to place our thumb on top of the lady's hand and bring it down to about waist level. Here we're also going to be slightly turned out as this dance has a lot of rotational action that we're going to see right away as we rock step.
Now there are several other types of holds as well. We're also going to be using a double hand hold, a single hand hold, and an open position, as well as a handshake hold that you'll see will get us into several more of our advanced patterns. Now let's take a look at that basic action again together, one more time. And, one, two, three and four, five and six. One, two, three and four, five and six. One, two. And now let's try that with music.

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Learn to salsa dance for beginners. This walkthrough video will help you learn how to salsa dance and provide you a series of salsa dance lessons that will teach you the basics steps to salsa dancing, right turns, cross body leads and the cross body lead 180. After practicing this salsa lesson a few times you will be able to do all the salsa moves that we show you at the beginning of the salsa video. For more free salsa dance lessons, check out our page at: https://www.addicted2salsa.com .
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1:07 BasicsSteps On1 Timing
3:20 Dancing with a Partner
4:17 Salsa RightTurn On1
5:17 Leading a Right Turn in Salsa Dancing
6:05 The CrossBodyLead
7:48 Cross Body Lead - SideAngle8:10 Leading a Cross Body Lead
8:50 Cross Body Lead with Turn
9:12 Shanay Turns in Salsa
10:08 Cross Body Lead with Turn Steps
11:02 Cross Body Lead with Turn in Partnerwork
11:37 Cross Body Lead 180
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How to Do a Rumba Box Step | Ballroom Dance

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Aaron: Hey guys, it's Aaron.
Kristina: And I'm Kristina.
Aaron: And we are professional dance instructors here in New York City, and today we're going to be talking to you a little bit about a dance called the rumba. So first of all, we're going to take apart the basic action in this dance and what we're going to come up with is what we usually refer to as a box step. So what we're going to do is we're going to start with our left leg, and we're going to start with a step forward, and then we're going to take our right foot and step directly to the side, and then replace our left foot together with our right, and taking a step back on our right, and then directly to the side on our left, stepping together with the right, changing our weight, and again continuing forward on the left. And side, together, back. And side, together, forward. Side, together, back. And side, together, forward.
Now the rumba has its origins in Cuba. Now this is a Latin dance and we will see a lot of hip action across all of these Latin dances, specifically more in this rumba as you're going to see with the bending and straightening of the legs creating a sort of lateral settling of the hips, as well as somewhat of a figure eight action that begins to happen that gives us that great Cuban motion. And back, side, together, forward. And side, together, back. And side, together.
Now we're going to count this using slows and quicks. So we're going start, forward on our left with slow, and step quick quick. Slow, quick quick. Slow, quick quick. Slow, and quick quick. So now let's take a look at that with our partner. Starting in our closed position with our left to right hand hold somewhere about chin height where it's comfortable for both of us, and placing our right hand on the lady's left shoulder blade as the lady places her hand on our right shoulder close to our deltoid here. So starting again with our left foot forward and right foot back for the ladies, slow, quick quick. Slow, quick quick. Slow, quick quick. Slow, now I'm just going to demonstrate how this dance is actually going to rotate as well, counter-clockwise, to our left, quick, quick. Slow, quick quick. Slow, quick quick. Now let's try that with some music.

Basic Elements For Ballroom Dancing

In this lesson AndersonMoore teaches 3 basic elements that will have you ballroom dancing in no time. These 3 elements will teach you the waltz, rumba, cha cha and swing. Ballroom dancing has never been easier.

published: 13 Aug 2013

How to Do Basic Foxtrot Steps | Ballroom Dance

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Aaron: Hey guys, it's Aaron.
Kristina: And I'm Kristina.
Aaron: And we are professional dance instructors here in New York City. Now today we're going to be talking about a little dance we like to call the foxtrot, and we're going to be starting here with the basic step. So what we're going to do is break it apart, and I'm going to show you the gentlemen's part and then Kristina is going to demonstrate for us the ladies'. So, in its most basic form, what we're looking at here gentlemen, we're starting again with our left leg just as we have in all the dances previous.
So wh...

published: 24 Sep 2013

How to Master Simple Ballroom Dancing

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The pumpkin just turned into a carriage, your glass slippers look fantastic, and the Prince is on his way, but — dammit — you still need to learn how to ballroom dance.
Step 1: Get a partner
While belly dancing and ballet can be done solo, ballroom dancing is always done in pairs. Ask a friend to help you out.
Step 2: Perfect your posture
Perfect your posture. Unlike casual dancing, a ballroom dancer doesn’t slouch or lean on their partner. Both the man and the woman must elongate their neck and body. Practice correct posture by standing straight against a wall.
Step 3: Position the h...

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How to dance at a wedding for couples with Ballroom dance basics

Learn how to dance at weddings with simple Ballroom dance steps for couples. In this video you will how to do 2 basic foxtrot steps to get around the room. For more SocialBallroom dancing lesson visit: http://www.passion4dancing.com/?utm_source=Youtube&utm_medium=Description&utm_content=YT-Description&utm_campaign=YoutubeTraffic
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4 Basic Elements of Cha-Cha | Cha-Cha Dance

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Aaron: Hi guys, I'm Aaron.
Christina: And I'm Christina.
Aaron: Coming at you today from DanceTimes Square here in New York City. Today, we're talking about the four elements of the cha-cha basic. Our first element is what we call walking steps. Forward and backward. Forward, forward, forward, just as simple as that, and replacing back where we came from. And walk, walk, walk and back, back, back. Just as easy as walking down the street.
Now with our cha-cha we're going to be talking about a little bit of a different kind of quality of action, this being a dance that's c...

How to Do Basic Jive Steps | Ballroom Dance

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Aaron: Hey guys, it's Aaron.
Kristina: And I'm Kristina.
Aaron: And we're professional dance instructors here in New York City, and today we're coming at you with a little dance we like to call the jive. So for starters let's take a look at the basic footwork. So gentlemen, why don't we take a look at our footwork first. We're going to be starting again with our left leg and we're going to start with that link step, or rock step, behind us. Starting with one, two, three and four, five and six. One, two, triple step, triple step, rock step.
Now one thing you'll notice here with...

published: 25 Sep 2013

How to Do Basic Swing Dance Steps | Ballroom Dance

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Aaron: Hey guys, I'm Aaron.
Kristina: And I'm Kristina.
Aaron: We're professional ballroom dance instructors coming at you today from New York City, and today we're going to be talking to you about a little dance we call the swing, also what we refer to in the ballroom world as East Coast Swing. So what we're going to be doing is starting taking a look at the basic action. So gentlemen, let's take apart our footwork.
What we're doing, guys, is we're always starting with our left leg, and what we're going to be starting this dance with is what we call a link step or a roc...

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Salsa Dancing for Beginners

Learn to salsa dance for beginners. This walkthrough video will help you learn how to salsa dance and provide you a series of salsa dance lessons that will teach you the basics steps to salsa dancing, right turns, cross body leads and the cross body lead 180. After practicing this salsa lesson a few times you will be able to do all the salsa moves that we show you at the beginning of the salsa video. For more free salsa dance lessons, check out our page at: https://www.addicted2salsa.com .
SalsaLessons Shortcuts:
1:07 BasicsSteps On1 Timing
3:20 Dancing with a Partner
4:17 Salsa RightTurn On1
5:17 Leading a Right Turn in Salsa Dancing
6:05 The CrossBodyLead
7:48 Cross Body Lead - SideAngle8:10 Leading a Cross Body Lead
8:50 Cross Body Lead with Turn
9:12 Shanay Turns in Salsa
10:0...

How to Do a Rumba Box Step | Ballroom Dance

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Aaron: Hey guys, it's Aaron.
Kristina: And I'm Kristina.
Aaron: And we are professional dance instructors here in New York City, and today we're going to be talking to you a little bit about a dance called the rumba. So first of all, we're going to take apart the basic action in this dance and what we're going to come up with is what we usually refer to as a box step. So what we're going to do is we're going to start with our left leg, and we're going to start with a step forward, and then we're going to take our right foot and step directly to the side, and then replace our lef...

Basic Elements For Ballroom Dancing

In this lesson AndersonMoore teaches 3 basic elements that will have you ballroom dancing in no time. These 3 elements will teach you the waltz, rumba, cha cha...

In this lesson AndersonMoore teaches 3 basic elements that will have you ballroom dancing in no time. These 3 elements will teach you the waltz, rumba, cha cha and swing. Ballroom dancing has never been easier.

In this lesson AndersonMoore teaches 3 basic elements that will have you ballroom dancing in no time. These 3 elements will teach you the waltz, rumba, cha cha and swing. Ballroom dancing has never been easier.

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Aaron: Hey guys, it's Aaron.
Kristina: And I'm Kristina.
Aaron: And we are professional dance instructors here in New York City. Now today we're going to be talking about a little dance we like to call the foxtrot, and we're going to be starting here with the basic step. So what we're going to do is break it apart, and I'm going to show you the gentlemen's part and then Kristina is going to demonstrate for us the ladies'. So, in its most basic form, what we're looking at here gentlemen, we're starting again with our left leg just as we have in all the dances previous.
So what we're going to be starting with is two walking steps forward. Walk, walk. And then we're going to step to our left. Side, together. And then we would just repeat that from there. Walk, walk, and side, together. So taking a look at that one more time, now we're going to add the actual counts to this step, which is going to be slow, slow, quick quick. And slow, slow, quick quick. Now I'm going to let Kristina demonstrate the ladies'.
Kristina: Okay, so for the ladies we are generally in the smooth dances moving backwards, so we're going to start on our right foot. We're going to take two backwards steps, so we have back, back, and then side right, close left foot to right foot. Again, back, back, side, close. And the counts for that, as Aaron had said, are slow, slow, quick quick. So we're going to go on the right foot heading back slow, slow, quick quick. Slow, slow, quick quick. So let's try this together with a partner. And slow, slow, quick quick. Slow, slow, quick quick.
Aaron: Now, let's try that to music.

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Aaron: Hey guys, it's Aaron.
Kristina: And I'm Kristina.
Aaron: And we are professional dance instructors here in New York City. Now today we're going to be talking about a little dance we like to call the foxtrot, and we're going to be starting here with the basic step. So what we're going to do is break it apart, and I'm going to show you the gentlemen's part and then Kristina is going to demonstrate for us the ladies'. So, in its most basic form, what we're looking at here gentlemen, we're starting again with our left leg just as we have in all the dances previous.
So what we're going to be starting with is two walking steps forward. Walk, walk. And then we're going to step to our left. Side, together. And then we would just repeat that from there. Walk, walk, and side, together. So taking a look at that one more time, now we're going to add the actual counts to this step, which is going to be slow, slow, quick quick. And slow, slow, quick quick. Now I'm going to let Kristina demonstrate the ladies'.
Kristina: Okay, so for the ladies we are generally in the smooth dances moving backwards, so we're going to start on our right foot. We're going to take two backwards steps, so we have back, back, and then side right, close left foot to right foot. Again, back, back, side, close. And the counts for that, as Aaron had said, are slow, slow, quick quick. So we're going to go on the right foot heading back slow, slow, quick quick. Slow, slow, quick quick. So let's try this together with a partner. And slow, slow, quick quick. Slow, slow, quick quick.
Aaron: Now, let's try that to music.

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The pumpkin just turned into a carriage, your glass slippers look fantastic, and the Prince is on his way, but — dammit — you still need to learn how to ballroom dance.
Step 1: Get a partner
While belly dancing and ballet can be done solo, ballroom dancing is always done in pairs. Ask a friend to help you out.
Step 2: Perfect your posture
Perfect your posture. Unlike casual dancing, a ballroom dancer doesn’t slouch or lean on their partner. Both the man and the woman must elongate their neck and body. Practice correct posture by standing straight against a wall.
Step 3: Position the head
Look over each other’s right shoulder. Now imagine you’re the most beautiful person on earth who has just met the other most beautiful person on earth. What’s that feel like? Exactly. Keep that expression throughout the dance.
Step 4: Adjust your hand position
Hold hands correctly. This means the man’s raised left hand holds the woman’s right hand, palms facing each other. The man’s right hand connects with the woman’s shoulder blade. His hand should be cupped, fingers together. The woman’s left hand should be on the man’s right shoulder, her fingers at the seam of his sleeve.
Step 5: Position your body
Having the perfect 'closed dance hold' means the woman is just slightly to the right of the man. This way the legs move between each other and the knees don’t hit.
Tip
When the couple is a man and a woman, the man generally takes the lead. In couples with just one sex, a decision will have to be made.
Step 6: Draw a square on the floor
Now that you have the basic positioning, learn the basic waltz box step, the most common step in ballroom dances like the rumba, waltz, or foxtrot. Start by taping out a small box on the floor.
Step 7: Practice counting
Practice counting one, two, three, one, two, three, one, two, three. This will be the essential timing, and the sooner it feels natural, the better.
Step 8: Make a box with your feet
Practice alone making a box with your feet. To make the first half of the box, step forward with your left foot — which is 'one' — and slide your right foot to meet it and then step to the right (two). Your weight now shifts to the right foot so your left slides to meet it (three).
Step 9: Finish the box
Now finish the box. Step back with your right foot (one) and slide your left to meet it and then to the left (two). Your weight now shifts to the left foot so your right slides to meet it (three).
Tip
If you’re in the women’s role, you will step backward to start.
Step 10: Practice counting to music
Now put it together, doing the box step by yourself in time to your one-two-three counting.
Step 11: Practice with a partner
Now practice with a partner. Count off five, six, seven, eight before you begin so you’ll both be prepared to start together on one.
Tip
Dancing is a close contact sport. Make sure your breath is okay before you start. Use a breath freshener.
Step 12: Move around the floor
After you feel comfortable with the box step, forget confining yourself strictly to the box, and let yourself move more naturally around the floor.
Step 13: Start to turn
Once you’re able to loosen up while keeping time with the beat, try turning. Turn slightly to the right as you step on one and two; you’ll begin traveling in a circle as you keep your basic box pattern.
Step 14: Remember to maintain posture
Remember to maintain your posture at all times, keeping your connection points. Stand up straight, Quasimodo! Good ballroom dancers never slouch or disconnect.
Step 15: Practice every chance you get
Now that you know how to do a basic waltz box step, practice every chance you get. This is just the beginning. Get out there and dance, dance, dance!
Did You Know?
'Waltz' comes from the German word 'walzen,' which means to turn or roll.

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The pumpkin just turned into a carriage, your glass slippers look fantastic, and the Prince is on his way, but — dammit — you still need to learn how to ballroom dance.
Step 1: Get a partner
While belly dancing and ballet can be done solo, ballroom dancing is always done in pairs. Ask a friend to help you out.
Step 2: Perfect your posture
Perfect your posture. Unlike casual dancing, a ballroom dancer doesn’t slouch or lean on their partner. Both the man and the woman must elongate their neck and body. Practice correct posture by standing straight against a wall.
Step 3: Position the head
Look over each other’s right shoulder. Now imagine you’re the most beautiful person on earth who has just met the other most beautiful person on earth. What’s that feel like? Exactly. Keep that expression throughout the dance.
Step 4: Adjust your hand position
Hold hands correctly. This means the man’s raised left hand holds the woman’s right hand, palms facing each other. The man’s right hand connects with the woman’s shoulder blade. His hand should be cupped, fingers together. The woman’s left hand should be on the man’s right shoulder, her fingers at the seam of his sleeve.
Step 5: Position your body
Having the perfect 'closed dance hold' means the woman is just slightly to the right of the man. This way the legs move between each other and the knees don’t hit.
Tip
When the couple is a man and a woman, the man generally takes the lead. In couples with just one sex, a decision will have to be made.
Step 6: Draw a square on the floor
Now that you have the basic positioning, learn the basic waltz box step, the most common step in ballroom dances like the rumba, waltz, or foxtrot. Start by taping out a small box on the floor.
Step 7: Practice counting
Practice counting one, two, three, one, two, three, one, two, three. This will be the essential timing, and the sooner it feels natural, the better.
Step 8: Make a box with your feet
Practice alone making a box with your feet. To make the first half of the box, step forward with your left foot — which is 'one' — and slide your right foot to meet it and then step to the right (two). Your weight now shifts to the right foot so your left slides to meet it (three).
Step 9: Finish the box
Now finish the box. Step back with your right foot (one) and slide your left to meet it and then to the left (two). Your weight now shifts to the left foot so your right slides to meet it (three).
Tip
If you’re in the women’s role, you will step backward to start.
Step 10: Practice counting to music
Now put it together, doing the box step by yourself in time to your one-two-three counting.
Step 11: Practice with a partner
Now practice with a partner. Count off five, six, seven, eight before you begin so you’ll both be prepared to start together on one.
Tip
Dancing is a close contact sport. Make sure your breath is okay before you start. Use a breath freshener.
Step 12: Move around the floor
After you feel comfortable with the box step, forget confining yourself strictly to the box, and let yourself move more naturally around the floor.
Step 13: Start to turn
Once you’re able to loosen up while keeping time with the beat, try turning. Turn slightly to the right as you step on one and two; you’ll begin traveling in a circle as you keep your basic box pattern.
Step 14: Remember to maintain posture
Remember to maintain your posture at all times, keeping your connection points. Stand up straight, Quasimodo! Good ballroom dancers never slouch or disconnect.
Step 15: Practice every chance you get
Now that you know how to do a basic waltz box step, practice every chance you get. This is just the beginning. Get out there and dance, dance, dance!
Did You Know?
'Waltz' comes from the German word 'walzen,' which means to turn or roll.

How to dance at a wedding for couples with Ballroom dance basics

Learn how to dance at weddings with simple Ballroom dance steps for couples. In this video you will how to do 2 basic foxtrot steps to get around the room. For ...

Learn how to dance at weddings with simple Ballroom dance steps for couples. In this video you will how to do 2 basic foxtrot steps to get around the room. For more SocialBallroom dancing lesson visit: http://www.passion4dancing.com/?utm_source=Youtube&utm_medium=Description&utm_content=YT-Description&utm_campaign=YoutubeTraffic
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Wedding dance lessons just go easier with this step by step video. You can learn to dance socially for a wedding or how to first dance at your wedding with this video.

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Aaron: Hi guys, I'm Aaron.
Christina: And I'm Christina.
Aaron: Coming at you today from DanceTimes Square here in New York City. Today, we're talking about the four elements of the cha-cha basic. Our first element is what we call walking steps. Forward and backward. Forward, forward, forward, just as simple as that, and replacing back where we came from. And walk, walk, walk and back, back, back. Just as easy as walking down the street.
Now with our cha-cha we're going to be talking about a little bit of a different kind of quality of action, this being a dance that's come over from Cuba in the late 1940's. We're going to add a little bit of a Cuban action to this and place more emphasis, on putting our weight on the balls of our feet. So we're going to dance this forward a little bit more. One, two, three and back again, one, two, three.
Now our second element of the cha-cha basic is going to be a side step. We're going to start in this dance with our left foot and we're going to start side, together, side, together, side. And just the same back in the direction we were coming from, to our right. Side, together, side, together, side. Again, with a little bit of that Cuban action, as well. Side, together, side, together. Really digging down and back where we came from, to our right. Again, side, together, side, together, side.
Christina: And the last element we're going to talk about is the rock step. You take your left foot and you're just going to place it behind you. You're going to step back and put your weight back on your right foot. So weight on the left foot, weight on the right foot, and again, we're going to add that Cuban hip motion in. You're going to step back and replace forward, back, replace, back, replace.
The trick to this move is, I'll show you from the side. You want to keep the movement underneath your body, so you don't want to think of stepping back and forward. You want to keep it very small. It's just going to be right underneath your body, back and forward, back and forward. Great.
Aaron: Okay, guys. So just to recap, the four elements of the cha-cha basic were; walking steps, forward, backward, sidesteps and the fourth element, the rock step. Now we're going to take those, and put those together, and make up our cha-cha basic. Just like so, side, rock, step, side, together, side, rock, step, side together side, rock, step. Now forward and backward with the walking steps,cha-cha-cha, rock, step, cha-cha-cha, rock, step and side, together, side.
Five, six, seven, eight, one, two, three, cha-cha, one, two, three, cha-cha, one, two. Cha-cha, one, two, three, forward, two, three, cha-cha, one, two, three, cha-cha, one, two, three, cha-cha, one, two, three, side together, side.

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Aaron: Hi guys, I'm Aaron.
Christina: And I'm Christina.
Aaron: Coming at you today from DanceTimes Square here in New York City. Today, we're talking about the four elements of the cha-cha basic. Our first element is what we call walking steps. Forward and backward. Forward, forward, forward, just as simple as that, and replacing back where we came from. And walk, walk, walk and back, back, back. Just as easy as walking down the street.
Now with our cha-cha we're going to be talking about a little bit of a different kind of quality of action, this being a dance that's come over from Cuba in the late 1940's. We're going to add a little bit of a Cuban action to this and place more emphasis, on putting our weight on the balls of our feet. So we're going to dance this forward a little bit more. One, two, three and back again, one, two, three.
Now our second element of the cha-cha basic is going to be a side step. We're going to start in this dance with our left foot and we're going to start side, together, side, together, side. And just the same back in the direction we were coming from, to our right. Side, together, side, together, side. Again, with a little bit of that Cuban action, as well. Side, together, side, together. Really digging down and back where we came from, to our right. Again, side, together, side, together, side.
Christina: And the last element we're going to talk about is the rock step. You take your left foot and you're just going to place it behind you. You're going to step back and put your weight back on your right foot. So weight on the left foot, weight on the right foot, and again, we're going to add that Cuban hip motion in. You're going to step back and replace forward, back, replace, back, replace.
The trick to this move is, I'll show you from the side. You want to keep the movement underneath your body, so you don't want to think of stepping back and forward. You want to keep it very small. It's just going to be right underneath your body, back and forward, back and forward. Great.
Aaron: Okay, guys. So just to recap, the four elements of the cha-cha basic were; walking steps, forward, backward, sidesteps and the fourth element, the rock step. Now we're going to take those, and put those together, and make up our cha-cha basic. Just like so, side, rock, step, side, together, side, rock, step, side together side, rock, step. Now forward and backward with the walking steps,cha-cha-cha, rock, step, cha-cha-cha, rock, step and side, together, side.
Five, six, seven, eight, one, two, three, cha-cha, one, two, three, cha-cha, one, two. Cha-cha, one, two, three, forward, two, three, cha-cha, one, two, three, cha-cha, one, two, three, cha-cha, one, two, three, side together, side.

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Aaron: Hey guys, it's Aaron.
Kristina: And I'm Kristina.
Aaron: And we're professional dance instructors here in New York City, and today we're coming at you with a little dance we like to call the jive. So for starters let's take a look at the basic footwork. So gentlemen, why don't we take a look at our footwork first. We're going to be starting again with our left leg and we're going to start with that link step, or rock step, behind us. Starting with one, two, three and four, five and six. One, two, triple step, triple step, rock step.
Now one thing you'll notice here with the jive, a key characteristic of this and in the music is this percussive accent that we tend to highlight in our foot and leg action where we accent with the knee one, two, and three and four, and five and six, seven, eight, so as to differentiate between the swing and the jive itself, which are both members of the same family and come from that basic swing dance action. But again, as this music is a little bit faster and tends to have more of a percussive accent and rhythm, a-one, two, a-three and four, a-five and six, seven, eight. A-one, and two, three and four, five six. So now let's take a look at the ladies' footwork as well.
Kristina: Okay. So ladies, again, everything that Aaron said, it's related to the swing. There's a little bit more knee action but it starts the same way. So ladies, we're on our right foot. We're going to take a rock step. Rock step. And then side triple. Triple step and triple step. One, two, and three and four, and five and six, seven, eight.
Aaron: Now let's take a look at this action together. So, we have our closed position here that we're starting from, and so as we don't bump knees together, we're actually going to rotate slightly outward on a little bit of an angle here. And one, two, and three and four, and five and six. One, two, and three and four, and five and six. A-one, two, three and four, and five and six, and one, two. Now we're also going to talk a little bit about the different hand holds that we're going to have within this dance.
Kristina: So we have the traditional kind of swing/jive dance frame with the lower hand hold connection.
Aaron: Every now and then we're going to take this hand hold that we have here and change to a little bit of a palm-to-palm action which is going to help us gain a little bit more leverage in some of our advanced techniques.
Kristina: And then we also have a double hand hold, and then we can have a single hand hold, right to left. Or the handshake hold, which is just what it says. You're shaking hands. So those are some of the different hand holds that we have in the jive. Now let's try that to some music.

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Aaron: Hey guys, it's Aaron.
Kristina: And I'm Kristina.
Aaron: And we're professional dance instructors here in New York City, and today we're coming at you with a little dance we like to call the jive. So for starters let's take a look at the basic footwork. So gentlemen, why don't we take a look at our footwork first. We're going to be starting again with our left leg and we're going to start with that link step, or rock step, behind us. Starting with one, two, three and four, five and six. One, two, triple step, triple step, rock step.
Now one thing you'll notice here with the jive, a key characteristic of this and in the music is this percussive accent that we tend to highlight in our foot and leg action where we accent with the knee one, two, and three and four, and five and six, seven, eight, so as to differentiate between the swing and the jive itself, which are both members of the same family and come from that basic swing dance action. But again, as this music is a little bit faster and tends to have more of a percussive accent and rhythm, a-one, two, a-three and four, a-five and six, seven, eight. A-one, and two, three and four, five six. So now let's take a look at the ladies' footwork as well.
Kristina: Okay. So ladies, again, everything that Aaron said, it's related to the swing. There's a little bit more knee action but it starts the same way. So ladies, we're on our right foot. We're going to take a rock step. Rock step. And then side triple. Triple step and triple step. One, two, and three and four, and five and six, seven, eight.
Aaron: Now let's take a look at this action together. So, we have our closed position here that we're starting from, and so as we don't bump knees together, we're actually going to rotate slightly outward on a little bit of an angle here. And one, two, and three and four, and five and six. One, two, and three and four, and five and six. A-one, two, three and four, and five and six, and one, two. Now we're also going to talk a little bit about the different hand holds that we're going to have within this dance.
Kristina: So we have the traditional kind of swing/jive dance frame with the lower hand hold connection.
Aaron: Every now and then we're going to take this hand hold that we have here and change to a little bit of a palm-to-palm action which is going to help us gain a little bit more leverage in some of our advanced techniques.
Kristina: And then we also have a double hand hold, and then we can have a single hand hold, right to left. Or the handshake hold, which is just what it says. You're shaking hands. So those are some of the different hand holds that we have in the jive. Now let's try that to some music.

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Aaron: Hey guys, I'm Aaron.
Kristina: And I'm Kristina.
Aaron: We're professional ballroom dance instructors coming at you today from New York City, and today we're going to be talking to you about a little dance we call the swing, also what we refer to in the ballroom world as East Coast Swing. So what we're going to be doing is starting taking a look at the basic action. So gentlemen, let's take apart our footwork.
What we're doing, guys, is we're always starting with our left leg, and what we're going to be starting this dance with is what we call a link step or a rock step. Taking our left leg and rocking it behind, one, two. And then following this up with a triple step action going side, together, side, and then repeating that with our right leg to our right, side, together side. And then following that up again, rock step, one two three, one two three, rock step. Now Kristina is going to demonstrate the ladies' part.
Kristina: Alright. So, ladies, we are going to start with our right foot in the rock step. So we're going to take our right foot and step behind, replace, that's our one, two. And then slide to the right, three and four, five and six. Again, one, two, three and four, five and six.
Aaron: Now we're going to talk a little bit about the different hand holds we're going to be using in the swing. For starters we're going to be using a bit of a modified hold here from what we're used to in most of our ballroom dances where gentlemen we're actually going to place our thumb on top of the lady's hand and bring it down to about waist level. Here we're also going to be slightly turned out as this dance has a lot of rotational action that we're going to see right away as we rock step.
Now there are several other types of holds as well. We're also going to be using a double hand hold, a single hand hold, and an open position, as well as a handshake hold that you'll see will get us into several more of our advanced patterns. Now let's take a look at that basic action again together, one more time. And, one, two, three and four, five and six. One, two, three and four, five and six. One, two. And now let's try that with music.

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Aaron: Hey guys, I'm Aaron.
Kristina: And I'm Kristina.
Aaron: We're professional ballroom dance instructors coming at you today from New York City, and today we're going to be talking to you about a little dance we call the swing, also what we refer to in the ballroom world as East Coast Swing. So what we're going to be doing is starting taking a look at the basic action. So gentlemen, let's take apart our footwork.
What we're doing, guys, is we're always starting with our left leg, and what we're going to be starting this dance with is what we call a link step or a rock step. Taking our left leg and rocking it behind, one, two. And then following this up with a triple step action going side, together, side, and then repeating that with our right leg to our right, side, together side. And then following that up again, rock step, one two three, one two three, rock step. Now Kristina is going to demonstrate the ladies' part.
Kristina: Alright. So, ladies, we are going to start with our right foot in the rock step. So we're going to take our right foot and step behind, replace, that's our one, two. And then slide to the right, three and four, five and six. Again, one, two, three and four, five and six.
Aaron: Now we're going to talk a little bit about the different hand holds we're going to be using in the swing. For starters we're going to be using a bit of a modified hold here from what we're used to in most of our ballroom dances where gentlemen we're actually going to place our thumb on top of the lady's hand and bring it down to about waist level. Here we're also going to be slightly turned out as this dance has a lot of rotational action that we're going to see right away as we rock step.
Now there are several other types of holds as well. We're also going to be using a double hand hold, a single hand hold, and an open position, as well as a handshake hold that you'll see will get us into several more of our advanced patterns. Now let's take a look at that basic action again together, one more time. And, one, two, three and four, five and six. One, two, three and four, five and six. One, two. And now let's try that with music.

Salsa Dancing for Beginners

Learn to salsa dance for beginners. This walkthrough video will help you learn how to salsa dance and provide you a series of salsa dance lessons that will teac...

Learn to salsa dance for beginners. This walkthrough video will help you learn how to salsa dance and provide you a series of salsa dance lessons that will teach you the basics steps to salsa dancing, right turns, cross body leads and the cross body lead 180. After practicing this salsa lesson a few times you will be able to do all the salsa moves that we show you at the beginning of the salsa video. For more free salsa dance lessons, check out our page at: https://www.addicted2salsa.com .
SalsaLessons Shortcuts:
1:07 BasicsSteps On1 Timing
3:20 Dancing with a Partner
4:17 Salsa RightTurn On1
5:17 Leading a Right Turn in Salsa Dancing
6:05 The CrossBodyLead
7:48 Cross Body Lead - SideAngle8:10 Leading a Cross Body Lead
8:50 Cross Body Lead with Turn
9:12 Shanay Turns in Salsa
10:08 Cross Body Lead with Turn Steps
11:02 Cross Body Lead with Turn in Partnerwork
11:37 Cross Body Lead 180
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Learn to salsa dance for beginners. This walkthrough video will help you learn how to salsa dance and provide you a series of salsa dance lessons that will teach you the basics steps to salsa dancing, right turns, cross body leads and the cross body lead 180. After practicing this salsa lesson a few times you will be able to do all the salsa moves that we show you at the beginning of the salsa video. For more free salsa dance lessons, check out our page at: https://www.addicted2salsa.com .
SalsaLessons Shortcuts:
1:07 BasicsSteps On1 Timing
3:20 Dancing with a Partner
4:17 Salsa RightTurn On1
5:17 Leading a Right Turn in Salsa Dancing
6:05 The CrossBodyLead
7:48 Cross Body Lead - SideAngle8:10 Leading a Cross Body Lead
8:50 Cross Body Lead with Turn
9:12 Shanay Turns in Salsa
10:08 Cross Body Lead with Turn Steps
11:02 Cross Body Lead with Turn in Partnerwork
11:37 Cross Body Lead 180
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Aaron: Hey guys, it's Aaron.
Kristina: And I'm Kristina.
Aaron: And we are professional dance instructors here in New York City, and today we're going to be talking to you a little bit about a dance called the rumba. So first of all, we're going to take apart the basic action in this dance and what we're going to come up with is what we usually refer to as a box step. So what we're going to do is we're going to start with our left leg, and we're going to start with a step forward, and then we're going to take our right foot and step directly to the side, and then replace our left foot together with our right, and taking a step back on our right, and then directly to the side on our left, stepping together with the right, changing our weight, and again continuing forward on the left. And side, together, back. And side, together, forward. Side, together, back. And side, together, forward.
Now the rumba has its origins in Cuba. Now this is a Latin dance and we will see a lot of hip action across all of these Latin dances, specifically more in this rumba as you're going to see with the bending and straightening of the legs creating a sort of lateral settling of the hips, as well as somewhat of a figure eight action that begins to happen that gives us that great Cuban motion. And back, side, together, forward. And side, together, back. And side, together.
Now we're going to count this using slows and quicks. So we're going start, forward on our left with slow, and step quick quick. Slow, quick quick. Slow, quick quick. Slow, and quick quick. So now let's take a look at that with our partner. Starting in our closed position with our left to right hand hold somewhere about chin height where it's comfortable for both of us, and placing our right hand on the lady's left shoulder blade as the lady places her hand on our right shoulder close to our deltoid here. So starting again with our left foot forward and right foot back for the ladies, slow, quick quick. Slow, quick quick. Slow, quick quick. Slow, now I'm just going to demonstrate how this dance is actually going to rotate as well, counter-clockwise, to our left, quick, quick. Slow, quick quick. Slow, quick quick. Now let's try that with some music.

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Aaron: Hey guys, it's Aaron.
Kristina: And I'm Kristina.
Aaron: And we are professional dance instructors here in New York City, and today we're going to be talking to you a little bit about a dance called the rumba. So first of all, we're going to take apart the basic action in this dance and what we're going to come up with is what we usually refer to as a box step. So what we're going to do is we're going to start with our left leg, and we're going to start with a step forward, and then we're going to take our right foot and step directly to the side, and then replace our left foot together with our right, and taking a step back on our right, and then directly to the side on our left, stepping together with the right, changing our weight, and again continuing forward on the left. And side, together, back. And side, together, forward. Side, together, back. And side, together, forward.
Now the rumba has its origins in Cuba. Now this is a Latin dance and we will see a lot of hip action across all of these Latin dances, specifically more in this rumba as you're going to see with the bending and straightening of the legs creating a sort of lateral settling of the hips, as well as somewhat of a figure eight action that begins to happen that gives us that great Cuban motion. And back, side, together, forward. And side, together, back. And side, together.
Now we're going to count this using slows and quicks. So we're going start, forward on our left with slow, and step quick quick. Slow, quick quick. Slow, quick quick. Slow, and quick quick. So now let's take a look at that with our partner. Starting in our closed position with our left to right hand hold somewhere about chin height where it's comfortable for both of us, and placing our right hand on the lady's left shoulder blade as the lady places her hand on our right shoulder close to our deltoid here. So starting again with our left foot forward and right foot back for the ladies, slow, quick quick. Slow, quick quick. Slow, quick quick. Slow, now I'm just going to demonstrate how this dance is actually going to rotate as well, counter-clockwise, to our left, quick, quick. Slow, quick quick. Slow, quick quick. Now let's try that with some music.

Basic Elements For Ballroom Dancing

In this lesson AndersonMoore teaches 3 basic elements that will have you ballroom dancing in no time. These 3 elements will teach you the waltz, rumba, cha cha and swing. Ballroom dancing has never been easier.

How to Do Basic Foxtrot Steps | Ballroom Dance

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Aaron: Hey guys, it's Aaron.
Kristina: And I'm Kristina.
Aaron: And we are professional dance instructors here in New York City. Now today we're going to be talking about a little dance we like to call the foxtrot, and we're going to be starting here with the basic step. So what we're going to do is break it apart, and I'm going to show you the gentlemen's part and then Kristina is going to demonstrate for us the ladies'. So, in its most basic form, what we're looking at here gentlemen, we're starting again with our left leg just as we have in all the dances previous.
So what we're going to be starting with is two walking steps forward. Walk, walk. And then we're going to step to our left. Side, together. And then we would just repeat that from there. Walk, walk, and side, together. So taking a look at that one more time, now we're going to add the actual counts to this step, which is going to be slow, slow, quick quick. And slow, slow, quick quick. Now I'm going to let Kristina demonstrate the ladies'.
Kristina: Okay, so for the ladies we are generally in the smooth dances moving backwards, so we're going to start on our right foot. We're going to take two backwards steps, so we have back, back, and then side right, close left foot to right foot. Again, back, back, side, close. And the counts for that, as Aaron had said, are slow, slow, quick quick. So we're going to go on the right foot heading back slow, slow, quick quick. Slow, slow, quick quick. So let's try this together with a partner. And slow, slow, quick quick. Slow, slow, quick quick.
Aaron: Now, let's try that to music.

How to Master Simple Ballroom Dancing

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The pumpkin just turned into a carriage, your glass slippers look fantastic, and the Prince is on his way, but — dammit — you still need to learn how to ballroom dance.
Step 1: Get a partner
While belly dancing and ballet can be done solo, ballroom dancing is always done in pairs. Ask a friend to help you out.
Step 2: Perfect your posture
Perfect your posture. Unlike casual dancing, a ballroom dancer doesn’t slouch or lean on their partner. Both the man and the woman must elongate their neck and body. Practice correct posture by standing straight against a wall.
Step 3: Position the head
Look over each other’s right shoulder. Now imagine you’re the most beautiful person on earth who has just met the other most beautiful person on earth. What’s that feel like? Exactly. Keep that expression throughout the dance.
Step 4: Adjust your hand position
Hold hands correctly. This means the man’s raised left hand holds the woman’s right hand, palms facing each other. The man’s right hand connects with the woman’s shoulder blade. His hand should be cupped, fingers together. The woman’s left hand should be on the man’s right shoulder, her fingers at the seam of his sleeve.
Step 5: Position your body
Having the perfect 'closed dance hold' means the woman is just slightly to the right of the man. This way the legs move between each other and the knees don’t hit.
Tip
When the couple is a man and a woman, the man generally takes the lead. In couples with just one sex, a decision will have to be made.
Step 6: Draw a square on the floor
Now that you have the basic positioning, learn the basic waltz box step, the most common step in ballroom dances like the rumba, waltz, or foxtrot. Start by taping out a small box on the floor.
Step 7: Practice counting
Practice counting one, two, three, one, two, three, one, two, three. This will be the essential timing, and the sooner it feels natural, the better.
Step 8: Make a box with your feet
Practice alone making a box with your feet. To make the first half of the box, step forward with your left foot — which is 'one' — and slide your right foot to meet it and then step to the right (two). Your weight now shifts to the right foot so your left slides to meet it (three).
Step 9: Finish the box
Now finish the box. Step back with your right foot (one) and slide your left to meet it and then to the left (two). Your weight now shifts to the left foot so your right slides to meet it (three).
Tip
If you’re in the women’s role, you will step backward to start.
Step 10: Practice counting to music
Now put it together, doing the box step by yourself in time to your one-two-three counting.
Step 11: Practice with a partner
Now practice with a partner. Count off five, six, seven, eight before you begin so you’ll both be prepared to start together on one.
Tip
Dancing is a close contact sport. Make sure your breath is okay before you start. Use a breath freshener.
Step 12: Move around the floor
After you feel comfortable with the box step, forget confining yourself strictly to the box, and let yourself move more naturally around the floor.
Step 13: Start to turn
Once you’re able to loosen up while keeping time with the beat, try turning. Turn slightly to the right as you step on one and two; you’ll begin traveling in a circle as you keep your basic box pattern.
Step 14: Remember to maintain posture
Remember to maintain your posture at all times, keeping your connection points. Stand up straight, Quasimodo! Good ballroom dancers never slouch or disconnect.
Step 15: Practice every chance you get
Now that you know how to do a basic waltz box step, practice every chance you get. This is just the beginning. Get out there and dance, dance, dance!
Did You Know?
'Waltz' comes from the German word 'walzen,' which means to turn or roll.

How to dance at a wedding for couples with Ballroom dance basics

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Wedding dance lessons just go easier with this step by step video. You can learn to dance socially for a wedding or how to first dance at your wedding with this video.

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4 Basic Elements of Cha-Cha | Cha-Cha Dance

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Aaron: Hi guys, I'm Aaron.
Christina: And I'm Christina.
Aaron: Coming at you today from DanceTimes Square here in New York City. Today, we're talking about the four elements of the cha-cha basic. Our first element is what we call walking steps. Forward and backward. Forward, forward, forward, just as simple as that, and replacing back where we came from. And walk, walk, walk and back, back, back. Just as easy as walking down the street.
Now with our cha-cha we're going to be talking about a little bit of a different kind of quality of action, this being a dance that's come over from Cuba in the late 1940's. We're going to add a little bit of a Cuban action to this and place more emphasis, on putting our weight on the balls of our feet. So we're going to dance this forward a little bit more. One, two, three and back again, one, two, three.
Now our second element of the cha-cha basic is going to be a side step. We're going to start in this dance with our left foot and we're going to start side, together, side, together, side. And just the same back in the direction we were coming from, to our right. Side, together, side, together, side. Again, with a little bit of that Cuban action, as well. Side, together, side, together. Really digging down and back where we came from, to our right. Again, side, together, side, together, side.
Christina: And the last element we're going to talk about is the rock step. You take your left foot and you're just going to place it behind you. You're going to step back and put your weight back on your right foot. So weight on the left foot, weight on the right foot, and again, we're going to add that Cuban hip motion in. You're going to step back and replace forward, back, replace, back, replace.
The trick to this move is, I'll show you from the side. You want to keep the movement underneath your body, so you don't want to think of stepping back and forward. You want to keep it very small. It's just going to be right underneath your body, back and forward, back and forward. Great.
Aaron: Okay, guys. So just to recap, the four elements of the cha-cha basic were; walking steps, forward, backward, sidesteps and the fourth element, the rock step. Now we're going to take those, and put those together, and make up our cha-cha basic. Just like so, side, rock, step, side, together, side, rock, step, side together side, rock, step. Now forward and backward with the walking steps,cha-cha-cha, rock, step, cha-cha-cha, rock, step and side, together, side.
Five, six, seven, eight, one, two, three, cha-cha, one, two, three, cha-cha, one, two. Cha-cha, one, two, three, forward, two, three, cha-cha, one, two, three, cha-cha, one, two, three, cha-cha, one, two, three, side together, side.

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Aaron: Hey guys, it's Aaron.
Kristina: And I'm Kristina.
Aaron: And we're professional dance instructors here in New York City, and today we're coming at you with a little dance we like to call the jive. So for starters let's take a look at the basic footwork. So gentlemen, why don't we take a look at our footwork first. We're going to be starting again with our left leg and we're going to start with that link step, or rock step, behind us. Starting with one, two, three and four, five and six. One, two, triple step, triple step, rock step.
Now one thing you'll notice here with the jive, a key characteristic of this and in the music is this percussive accent that we tend to highlight in our foot and leg action where we accent with the knee one, two, and three and four, and five and six, seven, eight, so as to differentiate between the swing and the jive itself, which are both members of the same family and come from that basic swing dance action. But again, as this music is a little bit faster and tends to have more of a percussive accent and rhythm, a-one, two, a-three and four, a-five and six, seven, eight. A-one, and two, three and four, five six. So now let's take a look at the ladies' footwork as well.
Kristina: Okay. So ladies, again, everything that Aaron said, it's related to the swing. There's a little bit more knee action but it starts the same way. So ladies, we're on our right foot. We're going to take a rock step. Rock step. And then side triple. Triple step and triple step. One, two, and three and four, and five and six, seven, eight.
Aaron: Now let's take a look at this action together. So, we have our closed position here that we're starting from, and so as we don't bump knees together, we're actually going to rotate slightly outward on a little bit of an angle here. And one, two, and three and four, and five and six. One, two, and three and four, and five and six. A-one, two, three and four, and five and six, and one, two. Now we're also going to talk a little bit about the different hand holds that we're going to have within this dance.
Kristina: So we have the traditional kind of swing/jive dance frame with the lower hand hold connection.
Aaron: Every now and then we're going to take this hand hold that we have here and change to a little bit of a palm-to-palm action which is going to help us gain a little bit more leverage in some of our advanced techniques.
Kristina: And then we also have a double hand hold, and then we can have a single hand hold, right to left. Or the handshake hold, which is just what it says. You're shaking hands. So those are some of the different hand holds that we have in the jive. Now let's try that to some music.

How to Do Basic Swing Dance Steps | Ballroom Dance

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Aaron: Hey guys, I'm Aaron.
Kristina: And I'm Kristina.
Aaron: We're professional ballroom dance instructors coming at you today from New York City, and today we're going to be talking to you about a little dance we call the swing, also what we refer to in the ballroom world as East Coast Swing. So what we're going to be doing is starting taking a look at the basic action. So gentlemen, let's take apart our footwork.
What we're doing, guys, is we're always starting with our left leg, and what we're going to be starting this dance with is what we call a link step or a rock step. Taking our left leg and rocking it behind, one, two. And then following this up with a triple step action going side, together, side, and then repeating that with our right leg to our right, side, together side. And then following that up again, rock step, one two three, one two three, rock step. Now Kristina is going to demonstrate the ladies' part.
Kristina: Alright. So, ladies, we are going to start with our right foot in the rock step. So we're going to take our right foot and step behind, replace, that's our one, two. And then slide to the right, three and four, five and six. Again, one, two, three and four, five and six.
Aaron: Now we're going to talk a little bit about the different hand holds we're going to be using in the swing. For starters we're going to be using a bit of a modified hold here from what we're used to in most of our ballroom dances where gentlemen we're actually going to place our thumb on top of the lady's hand and bring it down to about waist level. Here we're also going to be slightly turned out as this dance has a lot of rotational action that we're going to see right away as we rock step.
Now there are several other types of holds as well. We're also going to be using a double hand hold, a single hand hold, and an open position, as well as a handshake hold that you'll see will get us into several more of our advanced patterns. Now let's take a look at that basic action again together, one more time. And, one, two, three and four, five and six. One, two, three and four, five and six. One, two. And now let's try that with music.

Salsa Dancing for Beginners

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SalsaLessons Shortcuts:
1:07 BasicsSteps On1 Timing
3:20 Dancing with a Partner
4:17 Salsa RightTurn On1
5:17 Leading a Right Turn in Salsa Dancing
6:05 The CrossBodyLead
7:48 Cross Body Lead - SideAngle8:10 Leading a Cross Body Lead
8:50 Cross Body Lead with Turn
9:12 Shanay Turns in Salsa
10:08 Cross Body Lead with Turn Steps
11:02 Cross Body Lead with Turn in Partnerwork
11:37 Cross Body Lead 180
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Ballroom dance may refer, at its widest definition, to almost any type of partner dancing as recreation. However, with the emergence of dancesport in modern times, the term has become narrower in scope, and traditionally refers to the five International Standard and five International Latin style dances (see dance categories below). The two styles, while differing in technique, rhythm and costumes, exemplify core elements of ballroom dancing such as control and cohesiveness. Developed in England, the two styles are now regulated by the World Dance Council (WDC) and the world dancesport federation. (Wdsf). In the United States, two additional variations are popular: American Smooth and American Rhythm, which combine elements of both traditional Latin and Ballroom dances.

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